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Old Posted May 24, 2023, 12:12 AM
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Probably a good sign.

Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority will use federal funds to develop service plan

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Karen Shuey, Reading Eagle, Pa.

Tue, May 23, 2023 at 12:23 PM EDT·2 min read

May 23—The Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority has learned it can start spending $750,000 in federal funding it received last year.

The money was awarded to help cover the cost to study the restoration of passenger rail service to the existing freight lines between Reading and Philadelphia. The funding was included in the federal budget as part of a program that allows congressional members to request money to support community projects.

But the authority has not spent any of that money.

Members of the authority said they were waiting to hear if their proposal to restore passenger rail service would be admitted into a Federal Railroad Administration program that will distribute millions of dollars from the federal infrastructure bill enacted in the fall of 2021 to build new service corridors.

Tom Frawley, authority executive director, has said that funding is essential in the effort to bring service back to the region.

If accepted into the program, the authority would receive $500,000 to develop a service plan that examines ridership and revenue forecasts, capital programming and operational analysis. The authority would also be able to begin negotiations with Amtrak and Norfolk Southern about using their existing track.

The Federal Railroad Administration is expected to announce in September if the project is accepted into the program.

Frawley said it turns out the authority can start moving forward with planning before that decision is announced.

He told members of the authority during a meeting Monday that he recently met with representatives from the Federal Railroad Administration who informed him that the authority should use the $750,000 to begin work on the service plan.

"It's basically a head start on the program," he said.

Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach, who serves as chairman of the authority and also attended the meeting with Federal Railroad Administration representatives, said he was told that delaying getting started on the service plan until they were accepted into the federal program would be a mistake.

"It was a very, very good meeting," he said.

Despite the news that the authority can begin moving forward, no timeline was established for when it would initiate the service plan.

Also at the meeting, Phoenixville Mayor Peter Urscheler said the marketing and public relations committee recommends hiring Virtual Farm Creative to manage the social media accounts of the authority. The board unanimously approved the move.

The contract will begin June 1 and pay the Chester County-based company $2,500 a month.
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Septa signs contract with Alstom for new modern trolley fleet. Article link includes nifty video animations:


https://www.alstom.com/press-release...-rail-vehicles
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They look good. Glad they aren't like one-off designs. Should make repair cheaper.
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Old Posted Jun 6, 2023, 12:25 AM
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I was on Girard today and I saw a fully restored PCC trolley on the tracks. It said Training Trolley on the front. Fingers crossed that they will return to service soon.
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Old Posted Jun 6, 2023, 12:48 AM
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I was on Girard today and I saw a fully restored PCC trolley on the tracks. It said Training Trolley on the front. Fingers crossed that they will return to service soon.
September is the proposed return date, hopefully they can get them back on before that.
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Old Posted Jun 10, 2023, 1:58 PM
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A bit of news on the blvd subway

https://billypenn.com/2023/06/08/roo...on-renderings/



Nice to see the renewed legs. Still don't hold out hope.
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Some SEPTA / PATCO ideas I have based partially off official proposals...

Trolley & Bus Rapid Transit Expansions

Modernize & Expand the Trolley Network
• Extend the 102 Trolley to Darby , 34 Trolley to Lansdowne , 10 Trolley to Overbrook
• Extend the 11 Trolley to PHL Airport , 15 Trolley West to 69th Street & 15 Trolley East to Frankford via Bridesburg
• Build a 104 LRT: 69th Street – Newtown Square, 103 LRT: 69th Street – Ardmore
• Build a 23 Trolley: Erie Station BSL to Chestnut Hill , 56 Trolley : Allegheny West – Frankford
• 60 Trolley : East Falls – Port Richmond
• Bus→LRT , Route 40 : Center City to Wissahickon via Fairmount Park & East Falls
• Route 25: Waterfront Corridor: Frankford – Port Richmond – Spring Garden- Pier 70
• New LRT Route : Center City – Powelton Village – Zoo – Fairmount Park

• BRT : Route 43 , Route 45 , Route 64 , route 29

Rapid Transit Upgrades & Expansions

Build the Roosevelt Boulevard Subway to I-276 & BSL Extension South to Navy Yards/PHL
• Extend the Broad-Ridge Spur to Washington-Grays Ferry Ave to SW Philly

Extend the PATCO west to the 40th Street Trolley Portal , under Lancaster Ave to Cynwyd
• Convert the BSL – MFL – PATCO to an Automated Metro with PSDs

Regional Rail Upgrades & Expansion : Inner Suburban - Regional - Outer Far Suburbs - Intercity

• Create a true S-bahn system utilizing existing & Abandoned Rail Lines
• Build infill Stations at : 52nd Street , Port Richmond , Lindbergh Bvld ,
• Build the Swampoodle Connection , Extend the Fox Chase line to the West Trenton
• Extend the Warminster Branch to New Hope, Restore service to West Chester , Stony Creek Line
• S1: Garrett Road (Upper Darby) -UC – Center City – Glenside : 10mins peak / 25mins offpeak
• S2 : Chestnut Hill West – Center City – Fox Chase – West Trenton : 10/30
• S3 : Chestnut Hill East – Center City – Trenton : 15/30
• S4 : Ivy Ridge – Temple University - Center City – PHL : 10/25
• S5 : Paoli – Center City – Jenkentown – Warminster : 15/35
• S6 : Swarthmore – Center City – Glenside - Fort Washington : 10/30
• R1: Mount Holly – Maple Shade – CC Philly – Jenkentown – Glenside : 20/60
• R2 : Hammonton – Lindenwold – Cherry Hill – CC Philly – Fox Chase : 30/60
• R3 : Newark – Wilmington – Chester – Center City – Wayne JCT : 20/60
• R4 : Doylestown – Lansdale – Glenside – Center City - 52nd Street : 20/60
• R5 : West Chester – Media – Swarthmore → express to UC – Center City- Wayne JCT : 20/60
• RE 6 : Coatesville – Paoli → express to Overbrook - 30th Street – Suburban : 20/60
• RE 7 : Doylestown – Lansdale – Norristown – Conshohocken → express to 30th Street : 30/60
• RE 8 : Reading – Pottstown – Phoenixville – Norristown→ express to CC : 30/60
• RE 9 : New Hope – Warminster – Glenside – Center City – PHL : 45/60
• RE 10 : Oxford - Kennett Square - Media → express to UC - 30th Street - Suburban Station - 30/70
• IC 1 : Allentown – Quakertown – Lansdale → limited to Center City – UC : 30/60
• IC 2 : Hazleton – Reading – Pottsville – Phoenixville – Norristown - 30th Street – 5x daily
• IC 3 : Scranton – Wilkes Berra – Allentown → limited to Center City - 30th Street – 3x daily
• Crusader Service: Hoboken-Newark Penn -Westfield - Plainfield – West Trenton – Jenkentown – 30th Street – 7x daily
• Atlantic City line : Atlantic City – 30th Street – PHL – 30/60
• Cape May Line : Cape May – Tuckahoe – Lindenwold – Suburban Station – 6x daily
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Is the Trenton line going to break records with the sudden partial I-95 closure?
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Is the Trenton line going to break records with the sudden partial I-95 closure?
septa is adding capacity to the trenton, west trenton, and fox chase lines to accommodate the additional traffic.
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From the Roosevelt Blvd Subway on Twitter today, an hour ago:

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We have news that is extremely exciting but we cannot release it. Something big is about to happen in the next few days. You are not ready!
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If SEPTA is actually going to support the Roosevelt Blvd Subway, it'll be one of the biggest comebacks in US transit history
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oooh, maybe they're going to do a study!
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oooh, maybe they're going to do a study!
The study is already underway. No need to be facetious, you can't do a large-scale engineering project without studying and surveying existing conditions. It's a necessary step.
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A train from my door to a Home Depot parking lot or a bowling alley at Oxford Circle

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Man, I hope that it doesn't turn out to be a Boulevard Subway NFT collection.
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Maybe he's sticking around to make some sort of announcement tomorrow.
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The study is already underway. No need to be facetious, you can't do a large-scale engineering project without studying and surveying existing conditions. It's a necessary step.
I have been an architect for over 20 years, I am aware of the need for studying and surveying existing conditions. My point was that there have been *numerous* studies done over the years.
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I have been an architect for over 20 years, I am aware of the need for studying and surveying existing conditions. My point was that there have been *numerous* studies done over the years.
All of those studies are dated and no longer reflect existing conditions. They must be redone.

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He's here today and Papa Joe loves Philly.

Maybe he's sticking around to make some sort of announcement tomorrow.
Roosevelt Blvd Subway twitter is now saying whatever they're alluding to will come out tomorrow.

One of their replies to the replies is "I have full confidence everyone will be like holy crap." I'm very excited to hear whatever this is.

It would be a brilliant political move for Biden to get behind this and make the Roosevelt Blvd a PA campaign issue. If he can improve on his margins in NE Philly by even just 5%, it would go a long way towards delivering him the state in 2024. Plus Philly has $800M in unspent pandemic funds they need to figure out what to do with, the City would love to showcase a major legacy project for the 2026 semiquincentennial celebration, and SEPTA has been freed up by canceling the KOP rail project. The stars are aligned for this to happen right now and the crash might just be the catalyst to get the ball rolling.
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All of those studies are dated and no longer reflect existing conditions. They must be redone.
meh. I don't think that much has changed. it's more like, if we don't propose to do another multi-year study, we won't get as much grant money.
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Now they're saying that there will be a press release at 10 tomorrow morning.
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